Tire-tightener



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J. B. GYPERT.

TIRE TIGHTENER.

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N. PETERS, Phat UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEssE n. owner, or WAYNESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE.

TIRE-TIGHTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,408, dated May 4, 1886. Application filed March 18, 1885. Renewed January 19, 1886. Serial No. 189,111. (No modch) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EssE B. OYEERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vaynesborough, in the county of Wayne and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashers and \Vedges for Vehicle-\Vheels; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a wheel, showing the felly raised from the shoulder of the spoke for the insertion of my improved washer. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the washer, and Fig, 3 is a similar view of a modification of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to washers which are inserted upon the tenons of the spokes of vehicle-wheels, between the inner sides of the fellies and the shoulders of the spokes, for the purpose of tightening the tire; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the felly, B the spokes, and G the tire-tightener or device for raising the felly from the shoulders of the spokes, which device may be of any desired construction which will accomplish this purpose, the drawings showing the device for which Letters Patent Nos. 262,010 and 274,179 were granted to me, respectively, August 1, 1882, and March 20, 1883.

The washer consists of two semi-annular pieces of metal, I) D, the ends of which are beveled, as shown at E, so that the ends may be lapped over each other, and one side, which is intended to face the inner side of the felly, is provided with a number of projecting lugs, F, adapted to enter the face of the felly.

It will now be seen that as the felly is raised above the shoulder of the spoke the two halves of the washer may beinserted from both sides around the tenon of the spoke, resting upon the shoulder of the same, and when the felly is again allowed. to settle against the shoulder of the spoke the points upon the face of the interposed washer will enter the inner face of the felly and serve to hold the washer in place.

G, having a steep inner face, while the other face of the notch, forming the shoulder, is beveled, as shown at H. These shoulders may be fitted against each other,and will serve tohold the two halves of. the washer together when they are clamped together between the shoulder of the spokeand the face of the felly.

It will be seen that by having the washer composed of two halves the said halves may be inserted from both sides around the spoketenon, avoiding the necessity of bending the washer into shape around the tenon, as has been necessary in the heretofore used forms of washers.

Metallic wedges I are shown in Fig. 1 as inserted between the ends of the fellies for the purpose of filling up the spaces between the said ends, which spaces are liable to be formed when the fellies are raised by means of the tightening device and by means of the washers.

I am aware that washers have been used made in one piece and adapted to be bent around the spoke-tenon, and I do not wish to make any claims for a washer made in one piece; but

I claim- 1. A washer adapted to be interposed be tween the shoulder of a spoke around the tenon of the same and the inner face of the felly ofa wheel, consisting of two halves having their ends beveled, and provided with means for holding them in position, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. A washer adapted to be interposed between theshoulder of aspoke around the tenon of the same and the inner face of the felly ofa wheel, consisting of two halves having their ends beveled, and provided upon one face with projecting lugs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination of the felly and spoke of a wheel with awasher interposed between the shoulder of the spoke and the inner face of the folly around the tenon of the spoke, the said washer consisting of two halves having In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature [0 in presence of two witnesses.

'\ '7 1 5 their ends beveled and provided upon one face JESSPJ O1 PERI with projecting lugs, the said lugs entering XVitnesses: the inner face ofthe felly, as and for the pur- T. J. ARNETT,

pose shown and setforth. G. T. HELTON. 

